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, 1887-07-08
THE GENUINE TURKISH BATHS.


Interior of n Hannah, or Bathing Estab-
Iishment-In a Cloud of vapor.
The bathing establishments, or ha-
mans, consist of large octagonal or circu-
lar halls, paved with fia~gstones, around
which run stones seats or very hard divans.
In these halls, which are heated to excess
and filled with steam, the bathers have
themselves washed, rubbed and sham
pooed by employees called telaks, who,
with their hands incased in hair gloves,
knead the flesh vigorously until it becomes
clean, flexible and soft like satin
Men go to the bath singly, and remain
there only an hour or two; but ONE go
there IN parties, and sometimes pass the
entire day there, drinking syrups, smok-
ing cigarettes, eating rhat loukoum n
sweetmeats n sleeping on divans or In
small beds placed around the bath room.
The exterior Of the. hamams presents
nothing very remarkable. They are large.
low structures, built of brick, covered
with stucco, and always paved with mar
BILE. They are lighted only by small,
round skylights set in the cupolas and
provided with greenish panes, which
throw into the rooms q dim light resem-
bling moonlight and very favorable to re-
pose. A furnace underneath heats he
building by means of pipes which are run
all through the walls even. The temper
AZURE is raised to forty, fifty and sixty de-
grees C~entigrade.
After undressing the bathers envelop
themselves in a long wrap pechtumaD
and make a delightful plunge into a cloud
of vapor, which produces, even In the
case Of the ~leanest, a profuse and debilita-
ting perspiration. One puts on clogs,
which look like small stills, to protect
ones feet from the extreme heat of the
floor. There are large white marble urns
fastened against the wall, which receive
cold and boiling water by separate faucets;
1t Is around these urns that all the purih-
cations commanded by the Koran are
made. Seated upon a little cedar stool,
the bather pours upon his head and body
large bowls of water, which he heats to
the desired temperature by the faucets.
The hamams, of which there are more
than 300 in STEAMBOAT alone, ave no
fixed tariff. The charges depend upon
the look and the dress of the bather and
vary from two sous to twenty-three
francs. Rich pashas sometimes hire them
outright for their families, and think that
II they pay less than forty Turkish liyres
($1S), they have done something deroga-
tory to their dignity. On the other hand,
beggars and poor people are admitted free
of charge to certain baths designed for
their use; and his is a blessing to them
as well as to their neighbors; for these pc
riodical ablutions diminish their extreme
flthiness and arrest the growth of the
vermin nourished ut their expense. The
Cosmopolitan.
, 1887-07-08

Dyspepsia is dreadful. Disordered
liver is misery. Indigestion is foe to
good nature.
The human digestive apparatus is one
of the most complicated and wonderful
things in existence. 1t is easily put out
of order.
Greasy food, tough food. sloppy food,
bad cookery, mental worry. late hours, lr-
regular habits and many other things
which ought not to be, have made the
American people a nation of dyspeptics.
But Green's August Flower has done a
wonderful work in reforming this sad bus
mess and making the American people so
healthy that they can enjoy their meals
and be happy.
Remember:-N happiness without
health. But Green's August Flower
brings health and happiness to the dyspep-
tic. Ask your druggist for a bottle.
Seventy FIVE cents.
, 1887-07-08
PHYSICAL DECAY IN CITIES.

What an Observer snys-PhysicaI Train
ing A~broad-Health.
Lord Brabazon, in u paper in The Nine
teenth Century on the Decay of Bodily
Strength in Towns" says with reference
to England: 'If we could isolate the city
and prevent all intermarriage with the
country, the degeneration in the physique
of the inhabitants of the former would
probably be so marked as to horrify the
public" 1t is difficult to secure statistics
relating to this decay in consequence of
the perpetual influx from the country,
but sit is only necessary" he says, ''for
an intelligent man or woman to walk
through the slums of our great towns to
recognize the substantial facts in the case.
What is true in this particular in Lon
don is even more marked in New York.
We nave more thickly populated districts
in this city, less clean streets and inferior
sanitary regulations. The national i'm
portance of physical deterioration in
towns is greater in England than in the
United States, because the proportion of
her urban population is much greater,
but this certainly should not lessen the
humane purpose of improving the con-
dition of things in our cities. We resem-
BILE the English, at least, in being behind
OOhci doAoL III giving hSco ~ III uldI-
ter of bodily health and strength. SAL
most every nation in Europe" says the
writer, except ourselves, has established
y asystem ofcompulsory physi-
cal training in its schools and spends
large sums of money in strengthening the
bodies and nerves of its future citizens
In Germany, besides its gymnastic train
ing, each child at school is supplied with
a sound midday meal, and if the parent
cannot pay for it the state does. In tho
Swedish schools there is a physical drill
accompanied by music. France has taken
the hint from Germany, and since 1870 is
paying some attention to building up the
bodily strength of her youth.
This is only one side of the subject of
health in cities. The other features will
suggest themselves at once. The point
is that we need an awakening to the i'm
portance of the matter. Every pale face
and weakly body, in the tenement dis
tricts especially, is an appeal for more
breathing spaces in the city, better dwell
ing and other sanitary regulations, physi-
cal education in the common schools and
good food. If England is remiss in this
general respect, how much more so are
we?-New York World.
, 1887-07-08

The old castles and abbeys of England
were built expressly for the benefit of
modern picnic parties. 1t is q rare day
when the visitor to the ruins of any of
these does not find q party of young folks
spelling buns, cold fowl and ginger ale
on the site of the donjon keep or the late
Lady Rowena's front sitting room. Pic
mic buses run daily from every adjacent
town, and plank seats and tables for the
accommodation Of the merrymakers are
always erected within the crumbling
walls. 1t only costs sixpence a head to
thus contract dyspepsia on the very spots
where goose pye" and boar's head once
ravaged the digestion of medieval feed
ers. London Letter.
, 1887-07-08
T~ELEGRAPH1c BREvITIEs.

The Chicago wheat market closed steady
yesterday. Cash, rot; August, 70 3-l6;
September, 74f.
The wholesale drug house OF w. S.
Pearce, at Lamar, Col, was destroyed by
fire Wednesday night; cause, spontaneous
combustion.
Government receipts since July |
amount to S5,577,6 S4 and expenditures
to SI5, 567, 487, or $l0,OS9, S03 in excess
of receipts.
Cholera is more prevalent in Montreal
this season than for many years, and
children are dying from cholera iniantum
at an alarming rate.
Nearly 300 building material cartmen
in New York City have struck, and I'M
less they o return to work building OPP
e%rations will be suspended.
The four Grand Army posts of Utica,
n. Y. resolved not TO parade as they had
intended at the Clinton Centennial on the
18th if president Cleveland Is present.
Carlisle and Jacksonville. Ark, were
visited by severe wind and rain storms
yesterday. At Carlisle a church was
blown down and many other buildings
were destroyed.
The funeral services of the late ex-
Governor Arson p. Morrill,, Of Maine,
occurred at his home in Augusta yester
day. The remains were inferred in For
est Grove cemetery.
, 1887-07-08

Acupuncture is not an invention of the
Japanese-tho first treatise upon it being
attributed to a Chinese under the Sung
dynasty-although the form of the
needles used and the mode of their en-
ployment have been much improved
upon by them; tubular needles, for in
stance, were invented in 1858. 1t should
not be forgotten that Asclepiades, in the
first century of our era, recommended
needle puncture for dropsy. The opera
ton consists in driving fine gold, silver
or steel needles from one-half to three
quarters of an inch into the flesh. The
needles are of various forms and AVE
spirally grooved handles for the better
twirling of the instrument.
The operator holds a needle lightly with
h left hand, resting the point upon the
skin of the patient. He then inserts it
by a slight tap on the handle, given with
u small wooden mallet held in the right
hand. The needle is then gently pushed
and twirled until it penetrates to the
proper depth, and after a few seconds is
slowly withdrawn in the same manner,
h skin about the puncture being subse-
quently chafed for a few moments. The
number of perforations made at one time
varies from n to twenty, and they are
oftenest made in the abdomen, to which,
however, they are not confined; special
treatises laying down the spots to be
pierced in various diseases, and one divis-
ion Of study distinguishing on the back
the SO called hollow spots (more thar a
hundred in number)-"where the ends
of the nerve fibers are found'-for the
application of the needle or the
Westminster Review.
, 1887-07-08

Among the various innovations lately
introduced into Turkey may be included
that of newspapers. The first, if we are
not mistaken, appeared in Constantinople
in 1S41, under the auspices of Mr.. Oscan-
yam, the former Turkish consul general
in New York, and was called Aztarar
Bizantian, or The Byzantine Advertiser.
The people, una~cquainted at that time
with the aim and importance of a daily
~chronicler, were not prepared to appreci-
ate the value of a newspaper, and were
slow to %patronize the paper. 1t was
obliged to stop. Since. then more fire.
quent intercourse with the rest of Europe
and political incidents which made the
people eager for news gave rise to the
publication of other newspapers whose
number is now legion.
There are at present more than twenty
different dailies and twenty weeklies APP
pearing in C~onstantinople in various dia-
lects, each advocating its own particular
interest. Among the organs of the differ
ent ~nationalities in Turkey may be mem
toned the Akhtar STAR, which repre-
rents the Persian interest in Turkey. 1t
is printed in Turkey script, though the
language is Persian. 1t commences at
the right hand corner of the sheet with
the announcement that "the office of
publication of the Akhtar is at Valide
Khan in the seat of felicity Constantine
ple). All communications must be ad-
dressed to Mehmed Tehir Effendi, sole
editor and proprietor"
In imitation of French journals, the
paper mmence with an editorial on
the affairs of Siam, as a leader, followed
by Geographic news both foreign and
domestic, extracts from foreign papers,
home news, current events, official pro-
motions, and a few advertisements.
These papers are sold at an average price
of 4 cents per copy, n an edition of g.
900 is considered a large circulation.
There being a strict surveillance over
all publications by the government, the
editors are restrained from INDUCING in
liberal thoughts and observations, as well
as on what news they publish, SO that
these prints are, as a matter of course,
vapid and devoid of interest, and cannot
in any sense be called newspapers.-New
York Graphic.
, 1887-07-08

When suffering from violent excite
ment, do not battle.
Undress slowly, but hen go directly
into the water.
Take your time on the way to the bath
ing house or beach.
On arriving at the beach inquire about
depth and currents of water.
Do not remain too long in the water,
especially if not very robust.
After meals, and especially after taking
alcoholic liquors, do not battle.
When suffering from suddenly occur
ring or%from continued illness, do not
battle.
Jump ihead first, or at least dip under
quickly, If you do not like to do the
first.
After sleepless nights or excessive ex-
~ercise, do not battle, unless you first rest
a few hours.
After bathing, rub the body to stimu-
late circulation and then dress quickly;
then take moderate exercise. -National
Druggist.
, 1887-07-08


They make wholesale work of the
mourning business here. A bereaved
family cannot pile on too much Grape,
and even the children are oppressed out
of all reason with the deepest dyed habil-
iments of woe School boys are often
seen with a wide band or chevron of
Grape sewed permanently into their coat
sleeves, and the little girls are shrouded
in black until their faces and the whites
of their eyes are all hat is light in sight.
A family of six motherless young sisters
seen out walking with the stricken father
recently were in the customary suits of
solemn black even to strings of sable
Grape around their little necks in place of
collars. When the sainted mother looks
over the parapet of heaven and sees her
dear ones thus disfigured, I'll bet it
makes her feel sorry she died. An inter
esting phase of mourning custom here
with some is the publication of ~anniver-
sary death notices. These are classified
under an In Memoriam " heading and
appear one, two, or more years from the
date of the loved ones death. For in
stance, The Times of say June 1, 1887,
may contain several of these In Memo
Ram " notices of those who died June 1,
1886 or 1885. The notices are often in
scribed, In loving remembrance, and
are usually put in by a surviving husband
or wife. 1 am told that in such cases
they are rarely kept up more than a year
or two. When a man is getting ready
for another wedding he hasn't time to be
fussing up In Memoriam " paragraphs
and rushing around with them to the
papers.-London Cor. Chicago Tribune.
, 1887-07-08
A Wonderful Memory.

/ heard the other day an instance OF
the great tenacity Of memory possessed by
N. p. Banks. Some days ago Gen. 1. F.
Shepard read a poem at a gathering at
East Boston, and was followed by Gen.
Banks, who delivered an address of an
hour in length, reading it from manu-
script. A week later the two gentlemen
met on a similar occasion in another city,
and Gen. Shepard was surprised to hear
Banks deliver the same address extern
pore without the apparent change of a
word. Upon inquiry he learned that
Banks had not even looked at the manu-
script since the first evening .-Cambridge
Chronicle.
, 1887-07-08
DEATHlESS

There lies In the center OF each mans heart
A longing and love for the good and pure,
And II but an atom or larger part,
tell you this shall endure, endure,
After the body has gone to decay
Yea, after the world has passed away.
The longer l live and tho more / see
or the struggle of souls toward heights above,
The stronger this truth comes home 10 me,
That the universe rests on the shoulders Of
Love
A Love 30 limitloss, deep and broad,
That men have renamed IL and called 1t God.
And nothing that ever was born or evolved,
Nothing created by light or force,
But deep In It's system there lies dissolved
A shining drop from the great Love Source
A shining drop that shall live for aye,
Tho kingdoms may perish and stars may die.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox in The Independent.
, 1887-07-08
THE ROSARY OF MY TEARS.

Some reckon their age by years,
e<Some measure their life by art;
But some tell their days by the flow of their
tears,
And their lives by the means of their heart.
The dials of earth may show
The length, not the depth Of years
Few or many they come, few or many they go,
But time IS best measured by tears.
Ali not by the silver gray
That creeps through the sunny hair,
And not by the scenes that we pass on our way,
And not by the burrows the fingers OF care
On forehead and face have made
Not so do we count our years;
Not by the sun of the earth, but the shade
OF Our souls and the fall of our tears,
Father Ryan.
, 1887-07-08

Mr.. Il. Springer, of Johannesburg,
Pa, writes: Il was afflicted with lung
fever and abscess on the lungs, and re-
duced to a ,odRinQ skeleton. Got a free
trial bottle Of DIR. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, which did me so much
good that l bought dollar bottle. After
using three bottles, found myself once
more a man, completely restored to health,
with a hearty appetite, and a gain in flesh
of As lbs"
Call at w. N. Hunts drug store and
get a free trial bottle of this certain cure
for all Lung Diseases. Large bottles 81.
, 1887-07-08

The eucalyptus tree grows in the great
est luxuriance on the coast of Lower
California, and wherever it abounds the
climate is found to be agreeable. The
whole region in the vicinity of Santa
Barbara is its natural soil, and the val
leys are filled with its spicy aroma. Its
leaves are very peculiar, and ready to
burn as soon as they fall, incredible as it
may SEEM. They are gathered by the
jewellers of the coast towns, and used
for kindling, like we use pine shavings
here.-Globe- Democrat.
, 1887-07-08
Cattle Reoelpus.

CHICAGO. July 7.-Cattle-Receipts,
10000; market slow and a shade lower;
shipping steers, $3.25(94.4 As; stockers and
feeders, 81. OO(93. 20; Texas cattle, $500
93.4O.
Sheep-Receipts 5000; market strong;
natives, 81. 50(94.35; Western, 5000
$40; lambs, 81. 100000.
, 1887-07-08
when He Talks, He Talks $4,000

John Robinson throws down the
gauntlet of ten thousand dollars to every
manager in the world to compete with his
Mammoth Show in magnitude and merit.
Not one of them has thus far knocked
the chip from the old veteran 60 year
old hat. Some of you smart showmen
come up to the front and put up your
hands. At Cheyenne, July 9.
, 1887-07-08

A warranted Salve to cure old sores OF
all kinds on man or beast, especially syph-
little ulcers, itching or liberated piles, alb
cesses, milk leg, old army sores, proud
flesh; a positive cure for saddle sores, ifs
lula, pail evil, scratches; the only cure to
be used in private for treatment of syphi-
lis. No cure, money returned. One dol
lar by mail. DIR. E. w. NORRIS,
Hunters Hot Springs, Mont.
, 1887-07-08

Is essential to good health; but at this
season it is often lost, owing to the pow
erty or impurity of the blood, derange-
ment of the digestive organs and the
weakening effect of the changing season.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is a wonderful medi-
cine for creating al appetite, toning the
digestion, and giving strength to the whole
system. Now is the time to take it. Be
sure to get Hoods Sarsaparilla.
, 1887-07-08

The man not in earnest seldom accom-
plishes much in this world. Bulwer once
said: Nothing is so contagious as en-
thusiasm; it is the allegory of the tale of
Orpheus; it moves stones, it chains brutes.
Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity, and
truth ~accoinplishes no victories with
out it
, 1887-07-08
Snowfall in Germany.

A German mathematician has calcula-
ted that the snowfall of central Germany
from Dec. 10 to 90 weighed no less than
10, 600, 900 tons in the area between so
dogs. and $50 dogs. north latitude and
between Z degs. and 10 dogs. east longi-
tude-Arkansaw Traveller.
, 1887-07-08

Mock triHe with any Throat or
o Lung Disease. If you havo
a Cough or Cold, or the children are
threatened with Croupo or Whooping Cough,
use Acker's English Remedy and proven
further trouble. 1t is a positive cure,
and we guarantee 1t. Price 20 and SOC
Dr. w. N. Hunt.
, 1887-07-08
Endor-ementior-auLeadIna Physician

II have used Darbys Prophylactic Fluid
extensively as a disinfectant and deodor-
izer, and find it an admirable preparation.
Whenever there are offensive discharges
from wounds, abcesses. ETC., it is wonder
full in its action. | consider it the best
preparation.sI..know asa gargle in diph
iberia or scarlet fever"
]. CREswELL'LEwIs, M. D..
Philadelphia.
, 1887-07-08
G. 10 T H | N G
FOR

Each year our mail order trade in
creases. The people of the West are
finding they can save money by trading
with us, besides getting stylish and well
made goods.
We keep everything worn by man or
boy, and our goods are made up with
special care. We carry many garments
not to be found elsewhere in Colorado.
Garments for miners, cattlemen and
ranchmen specially adapted to their re-
s~pective vocations.
We ch~eerfully send our Fashion Cata-
logue and Price List to any address; also
send samples and prices on application.
Satisfaction guaranteed or money re-
funded.
, 1887-07-08
Notice for Publication.

LAND OFFICE AT CHEYENNE.
Wyo., June o. 1887.
Notice Is hereby given that the fo~llswing
named settler has filed notice OF his intention
to make final proof In support of his claim. and
that said proof will be made before the register
and receiver at Cheyenne. Wyo., On July IS.
1881, viz Henry -. boIconi, No. 4.lG3, for
the W y OF sw y sec IL and " y OF NV q sec Il,
tp Be- n, r 81 W.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon, and cultivation of
said land. viz Caleb NJ. LaGrange, Thomas NJ.
Herick, Edward c. Culmer. John Hush, of
Goshen, Wyo.
EDGAR S WILSON, Register
, 1887-07-08

Letter heads, bill heads, and note heads
at the Leader Office.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-20
Whistlfne for q Living.

Miss Glider, the gifted editor of the
Critic, writes from New York to the
Boston Gazette, describing the way in
which lady literally raises the wind:
There is now in New York lady who
whistles at private entertainments, but
for consideration. She gets twenty-five
dollars a night for whistling in New
York drawing rooms, and is said to have
all the engagements she wants. The
husband of this lady was well off at one
time, but he lost his money. Whistling
was her great accomplishment, and when
she heard that this gift had been turned
to pecuniary account, she saw no reason
why she should not aid her husband by
her gifts in this line, and she has sue
cccdcd beyond her expectations. Iheard
a lady whistler in London last summer
who was quite the rage, and who had the
honor of whistling before her majesty,
but 1 did not think much of her accom-
plishment. l can whistle better than she
can herself. have heard whistling that
was beautiful. When 1 lived on Eight
ecnth street l could look down into a
saloon from my back windows, and in
that saloon there would occasionally come
q man who whistled, and anything more
beautiful of its kind I never heard. He
could do anything that flute could do.
The lady whistler in London had no such
accomplishment. According to my judg-
mcnt she was pretty poor whistler, but
she got good deal of praise over there,
and, rs 1 said, had her majesty's endorse
mcnt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-04-20
Creole Girls.

These young girls, says New Orleans
letter, are often wonderfully beautiful.
Good features, handsome eyes and grace
full figures combine to make them very
attractive, their beauty being not infre-
quently Oriental in type, though the vi
vacity of their manners mark them as es-
sentially French in character. Many
Creole women are very accomplished.
They have skill in music and painting
that is often artistic In the literary clubs
which society women have inaugurated
of late years in New Orleans, the Amerl-
can ladies have been astonished to find
the Creole ladies quite as well posted as
themselves in English literature, while
possessing q much greater knowledge of
the literature of other countries. But an
accomplishment still more attractive to
the impecunious young men seeking mat
trimony is the exquisite taste with which
these maidens fair will fashion their own
gowns and bonnets when circumstances
require them to make these things at
home. The Creole women have inherited
the French taste in dress, and in a greater
degree than other American citizens, they
regard the fiat of Paris as the supreme
authority in all matters concerning the
toilet. Also, the Creole women of all ages
and of all classes are devout. Neither So
cial engagements, nor weather, nor other
obstacles are allowed to interfere with
the discharge of their religious duties.
Are they not somewhat supersitious2